Chapter 5: The Gathering part 1

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"The cats going to the gathering are Violetpaw, Goldenheart, Moletail, Rainingleaf, Spottedclaw, Velvetfur, Duskpaw, Hazelpaw, and Ravenpaw." Wrenstar said from The Great Tree. He leapt down and waited at the entrance to the camp for the cats to assemble.

"I'll see you in the morning. I wish you could go." Duskpaw said to Forgottenpaw.

"But I am going." Forgottenpaw whispered to her friend.

"What? You are? But Wrenstar didn't give you permission to go! That could be dangerous! Do you know what could happen if he found out?"

"It's ok. It's not like he cares anyways. I'm going to go through Windclan territory so he won't know I'm coming. I'll make sure he doesn't spot me."

"Are you sure you won't get caught?" Duskpaw whispered worryingly.

"I'm sure. See you there! Wrenstar's calling." She licked her friend's ear and watched her go through the entrance with the other clan cats.

Forgottenpaw wadded through the stream that separated the Windclan and Streamclan borders. She shook each paw as she came out of the stream. She ran towards the smell of lake water. She had never been to the lake, so she would have to find her way to it on her own. She spotted the Windclan cats on their way to the gathering. She followed them from afar; it would make it a lot easier to find the lake. They came to a stop and one by one began to cross a fallen tree. The lake glistened in the moonlight. All the Windclan cats had crossed so she went up to the fallen tree. She leapt onto it gracefully the log and slowly crossed it, trying not to fall. As she leapt onto the island, she stepped on a twig that snapped under her paw. A small apprentice twitched his ears and turned to look at her. His eyes went wide and he whispered something to the other two apprentices next to him and they looked at her. One left and ran to another group of apprentices and whispered something to them. Soon, every cat on the island was silent and staring at her. She felt uncomfortable so she looked at her paws.

At least Streamclan isn't here yet. She thought to herself.

She walked around the cats and sat down alone. Everyone still had their eyes on her. A honey colored she-cat padded up to her.

"Hi there! I'm Honeypaw. Who are you?" Her blue eyes shined brightly. All the cats began to talk again after the silence was broken.

"I'm Forgottenpaw. Nice to meet you." She said shyly.

"I'm the Windclan medicine cat apprentice. I'll introduce you to the other medicine cats. Come on!"

Forgottenpaw followed Honeypaw through the crowds of cats until they got to the medicine cats.

"This is Runningbrook," Honeypaw pointed to a silver and brown tom with her tail, "This is Thundercloud," she pointed to a grey and white she-cat, "This is Cloudpelt," She pointed to a white tom, " And this Rushingwind," she pointed to a white and red tom.

"I'm Runningbrook's apprentice. Moletail isn't here yet. Oh! There he is!"

Forgottenpaw turned her head and Streamclan cats began to appear on the island and Moletail was coming right toward them.

"Oh no! He'll find out I'm here! I've got to get out of here!" She thought and began to panic in her mind. She felt a tap on he side and turned to see Rushingwind quietly moving away from the other medicine cats. She followed him into the brush behind him.

"Thanks. How'd you know I needed help?" She asked cautiously. Rushingwind looked at the stars in Silverpelt.

"Starclan said I would meet someone close to me tonight so I assumed it was you. What's your name?"

"It's Forgottenpaw." She took a deep breath. It was now or never. "I'm the daughter of Silverstripe and you, her mate." She looked at her paws.

He didn't look particularly surprised. He just licked her ear.

"I had a feeling. You look like her a lot. You have one of her eyes. The red one of course." He sighed and put his nose to her cheek, "I didn't know you were alive." he whispered.

"We should be getting back now. They might be looking for us."

"Yes but before we go back I must tell you the name your mother was going to give you."
"What is it?" She stared at him in wonder. She had to know her true name, not the one Wrenstar gave her.

"It was Hopefulkit. She named you this in the hope you would live a better life than she would. It was to give you hope for life. Your warrior name would have been -----"

Yay! I finished part 1! I can't tell you her warrior name yet. I know it would probably sound better as Hopekit, but I needed it to be Hopefulkit to fit her warrior name. Now the contest! If you can guess what the prophecy means, you get a cat in my story! It's pretty easy! If there is a tie, I will pm you another question and the one who answers correctly gets to have the cat in my story. Review!

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Feathersong